Community Tape Sculpture, February 17 & 19

In addition to our Duct Tape Crafts we’re also starting on a larger project! A group sculpture to be made out of packing tape. We’re planning a large and creative sculpture, and it will take many hands to make it a reality. Come on down to find out what it will be and to take part with the rest of the community in helping the sculpture take take shape. It will be a unique opportunity to share your talents and creativity with the rest of the community!
Crafting sessions will be held from 2-5 on Wednesday the 17th, and from 12-3 on Friday the 19th.

Duct Tape Crafts, February 16 & 18!

The library will be hosting Craft sessions to make Duct Tape wallets and purses on Tuesday, and Duct Tape cell phone cases on Thursday. Silver duct tape will be provided for everyone participating, but please feel free to bring your own if you’d like extra colors of tape in your work!

If you have your own tape project in mind, we are happy to help with it when not assisting with other projects. The ages allowed for this event is 12-18, though younger children may be allowed with a parent participating with hands-on assistance.

The crafts will be held from 3:00-6:00. The 16th will be focused on both wallets and purses, and the 18th will be focused on cell phone cases. Come down and show off your creativity and taping skills!

Drawing Contest, February 16-20th.

We’ll be holding a drawing contest that runs from Tuesday the 16th to Saturday the 20th. The rules are simple, anyone from 12 to 18 years of age can submit up to two drawings over the week. Sorry, no changing your mind after you’ve picked a drawing to pass in! We’ll put the drawings up where everyone can see them, and on Friday and Saturday of vacation week we’ll start accepting votes. Each person gets only 1 vote, and you can’t vote for one of your own drawings.

The top three drawings will be put on a special display in the library for the following month. The artists who created them will each be given digital copies of each of the three works, and the chosen drawings will also be posted here on the blogs too!

You can turn in your drawings any day from Tuesday the 16th through Thursday the 18th. Voting will take place on Friday the 19th and Saturday the 20th. We look forward to seeing you there!

Books to Own!

Do you not get a chance to come by the library very often? Worried about losing a book while you have it checked out?  We still have great books for you, worry free! Ask any librarian about our FREE Books for Buzz. You can find them in the Teen Zone, with bright colored slips of paper tucked in the back. Those are books that you can bring home and keep for yourselves! We’d love it if you’d let us know what you thought of the books when you finish them, so they all come with a slip of paper for you to write down your thoughts!

What are you waiting for? They’re free!

Six Word Memoirs

We’ve started an exciting new project in the library. It lets you express yourself in a way that can be seen by anyone visiting the library!

The project is called “Fell down. Got up. Kept dreaming.” It is titled for and inspired by a book entitled:  I Can’t Keep my Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous + Obscure.

We’re following the format used within the book, memoirs of only 6 words that describe your life, what you’re feeling, where you are, who you are, or what’s captivating you at the moment. We’re putting all of the submissions on a blog online, but they’re also shown in a dynamic display on the Homework Computer inside the Walker Memorial Library that shows off entries one at a time to everyone in the library.

We’ve already had entries rolling in, so stop by to take a look. While you’re here, take a moment to add your own six words and let yourself be known!

If you’d like to see the blog and the entries we’ve collected already, you can find them online here.

Library Closed on the 18th and 27th.

The library will be closed on Monday, January 18th for Martin Luther King Jr’s Day. We will also be closed  on Wednesday, January 27th for a day of library staff training. Please keep this in mind so you don’t get stuck out in the cold! Thank you.

Library Calendar Online

Hey everyone!

We’ve added a new online calendar to the library’s web site. Can’t remember if today’s a gaming day or a movie day, or you want to check just when the movie starts? Well then go to the main library page at http://www.walker.lib.me.us/ and click on the button marked “Library Calendar”, you can even email us with your questions with just a single click!  It’s a great way to see what fun and special events we have coming up. There’s always something fun going on here at the Library, so be sure to check often and drop by to join in. We look forward to seeing you here!

New School Help, Homework Computer!

Hey Kids, Tweens and Teens,

Have you ever needed to use a computer to do your homework, but found that they were all busy? Well, we’ve added a new computer just for doing homework! It’s a Mac computer, so it’s compatible with everything you use on your school laptop if you have one. If you’d like to use the homework computer, just ask a librarian down in the Youth Services area or Kids’ Room and ask them to log you in.

Happy Holidays!

DOWNLOAD a book!!

That’s right, you can actually download tons of books from the library over the Internet from school, home, or wherever!  Better than that, they’re Audio Books! That means rather than reading them, these books you can download to your laptop, home computer, and even put on an iPod or other MP3 player and listen to great stories being read aloud wherever you go. Just go to the library’s main page, and click the button on the left for “Downloadable Books” to get started, and feel free to ask for help if you’re in the library.  You do need to have your library card to download a book, so make sure to bring it with you!

December Holiday Schedule

Just so all of you enjoying your Winter Break don’t get caught out in the cold, be aware that the Library will be closed on December 25th and 26th this year. We’ll be open as regular apart from that, and look forward to enjoying the holiday season with you all!

Have fun and stay warm!